Ephesians 1 - 2 — Legacy Standard Bible

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

1Paul, ^aan apostle of ^bChrist Jesus ¹^,^cby the will of God, To the ²^,^dsaints who are ³at ^eEphesus and ^fwho are faithful in ^gChrist Jesus: ²^aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³^aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^bthe heavenly places in Christ, ⁴just as ^aHe chose us in Him before ^bthe foundation of the world, that we would be ^choly and blameless before ¹Him ^din love, ⁵by ^apredestining us to ^badoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^caccording to the good pleasure of His will, ⁶^ato the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in ^bthe Beloved. ⁷^aIn ¹Him we have ^bredemption ^cthrough His blood, the ^dforgiveness of our transgressions, according to ^ethe riches of His grace ⁸which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight, ⁹^amaking known to us the mystery of His will, ^baccording to His good pleasure which He ^cpurposed in Him ¹⁰for an administration of ^athe fullness of the times, that is, ^bthe summing up of all things in Christ, things ¹in the heavens and things on the earth in Him. ¹¹In ¹Him, we also ²^,^ahave been made an inheritance, having been ^bpredestined ^caccording to the purpose of Him who works all things ^daccording to the counsel of His will, ¹²to the end that we who first have hoped in ¹Christ would be ^ato the praise of His glory. ¹³In ¹Him, you also, after listening to ^athe word of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ²believed, you were ^bsealed in ³Him with ^cthe Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴who is ¹^,^agiven as a pledge of ^bour inheritance, unto the ^credemption of ^dGod’s own possession, ^eto the praise of His glory.

¹⁵For this reason I too, ^ahaving heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and ¹your love for ^ball the ²saints, ¹⁶^ado not cease giving thanks for you, ^bwhile making mention of you in my prayers: ¹⁷that the ^aGod of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^bthe Father of glory, may give to you the ¹Spirit of ^cwisdom and of ^drevelation in the ²full knowledge of Him, ¹⁸so that you—^athe eyes of your heart having been enlightened—will know what is the ^bhope of His ^ccalling, what are ^dthe riches of the glory of ^eHis inheritance in ^fthe ¹saints, ¹⁹and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe ^aaccording to the working of the ^bmight of His strength, ²⁰which He worked in Christ, by ^araising Him from the dead and ^bseating Him at His right hand in ^cthe heavenly places, ²¹far above ^aall rule and authority and power and dominion, and every ^bname that is named, not only in ^cthis age but also in the one to come. ²²And ^aHe put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as ^bhead over all things to the church, ²³which is His ^abody, the ^bfullness of Him who ^cfills ^dall in all.

By Grace Through Faith

2And you ¹were ^adead ²in your transgressions and sins, ²in which you ^aformerly walked according to the ¹course of ^bthis world, according to ^cthe ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in ^dthe sons of disobedience, ³among whom we all also ^aformerly conducted ourselves in ^bthe lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the ¹mind, and were ^cby nature ^dchildren of wrath, ^eeven as the rest. ⁴But God, being ^arich in mercy because of ^bHis great love with which He loved us, ⁵even when we were ^adead ¹in our transgressions, made us alive together ²with Christ—^bby grace you have been saved— ⁶and ^araised us up with Him, and ^bseated us with Him in ^cthe heavenly places in ^dChrist Jesus, ⁷so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing ^ariches of His grace in ^bkindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For ^aby grace you have been saved ^bthrough faith, and ¹this not of yourselves, it is ^cthe gift of God; ⁹^anot of works, so that ^bno one may boast. ¹⁰For we are His workmanship, ^acreated in ^bChrist Jesus for ^cgood works, which God ^dprepared beforehand so that we would ^ewalk in them.

¹¹Therefore, remember that ^aformerly ^byou—the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^cUncircumcision” by the so-called “^dCircumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— ¹²remember that you were at that time without Christ, ^aalienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to ^bthe covenants of promise, having ^cno hope and ^dwithout God in the world. ¹³But now in ^aChrist Jesus you who ^bformerly were ^cfar off ¹have ^dbeen brought near ^eby the blood of Christ. ¹⁴For He Himself is ^aour peace, ^bwho made both groups one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition ¹⁵¹by ^aabolishing in His flesh the enmity, ^bthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^ccreate the two into ^done new man, making ^epeace, ¹⁶and might ^areconcile them both in ^bone body to God through the cross, having in Himself ^cput to death the enmity. ¹⁷And ^aHe came and preached ^bthe good news of peace to you who were ^cfar away, and peace to those who were ^dnear; ¹⁸for through Him we both have ^aour access in ^bone Spirit to ^cthe Father. ¹⁹So then you are no longer ^astrangers and sojourners, but you are ^bfellow citizens with the ¹saints, and are of ^cGod’s household, ²⁰having been ^abuilt on ^bthe foundation of ^cthe apostles and prophets, ^dChrist Jesus Himself being the ^ecorner stone, ²¹^ain whom the whole building, being joined together, is growing into ^ba holy ¹sanctuary in the Lord, ²²in whom you also are being ^abuilt together into a ^bdwelling of God in the Spirit.